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I'm curious why it matters? Zee is not meant to be lightweight. I use a saint M810 short cage on my XC-AM for durability, stiffness (spring and body), and because it gets looks from other riders. I'm not saying you shouldn't use the parts, I'm just wondering why you might.

As XT/SLX brakes are near identical I'd expect zee to come out pretty close to saint weights(less adjusters, but probabbly heavier pads) as they share the callipers and the levers are just re-stickered* SLX/XT.

The cranks look heavy though, like a beefed up version of Deore.

I've got the latest XT on my Pitch and it's a step up from the last saint brakes so I can't see any need for even more power! I'll probaly get a Zee mech though as there isn't a short cage SLX or XT branded one, and saint is silly money, unless somenoe can point me in the direction of cheep short cages for shimano mechs?